Something about the incoming PvP that really disturbs me. The names. Fresh meat.

[lyrz]

i like being able to see the names of players and what servers they are from. this reminds me of GW2 which i hated. well, at least in that game i could see what guild and server they were from. but now i won't even know what server or name i'll see when i do pvp in this game. this is a bad decision by the FFXIV team.

[Jinrya-Geki]

You could allow players to use other names.'

Category: First Name-
[Color] Red, blue, green, violet, yellow, silver, gold etc.
[Noun] Cat, Dog, Dragon, Tiger, Templar, Knight, Queen, etc.
[Verb] Dancing, Flaming, Jumping, Wandering, Poking, Slashing, Casting, etc.
[Number] 1 2 3 5 etc.

Category 2- Last name. Others names.

Could be Wandering One, or Flaming Queen. You know... something awesome.

But hey "Fresh Meat" must have been a wicked good idea to someone... someone who hates making choices.

Good thing I am ignoring pvp to begin with.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Did I just see someone complain about something he doesn't care about?

I think they should name everyone fresh meat by default but give us an option to reveal our real names if we want to.

Didn't know suggestion = complaining.

[yuixjfa]

Oh, there still seems to be a lot of flaming in Duty Finder. You know, with players who are new to a dungeon, undergeared, or wants to enjoy watching cut scenes.

BUT SO GOD HELP ME if there is flaming in a COMPETITIVE environment where Soldiers of Eorzea are put to the test to fight in an arena in a battle to death, where only those who are strongest will reign supreme.

So yeah, lets call everyone in PvP "Fresh Meat".

Remember PvP in just about any other game? Not even specifically to MMOs. You run into someone/people, you get dominated, and their names gets stuck in your mind. And if you run into them again, you know you 'aint gonna be having a good time.

If there is no recognition in my character. My name. My story, as opposed to being Fresh Meat, then I'm better off becoming a butcher. Cause at least Fresh Meat there is actually a good thing.

[RaideDuku]

I remember in FFXI you could force people to lock on to you with voke. PVP in FFXIV is going to really need something like that to protect the squishies.

I'm pretty sure they're going to have move like that. If you look at the official trailer at 1:34 mark, you see the player character throwing a chain which wraps around an enemy player's arm, then pulls him in and forces the guy to fight him. There's your forced player lock move there.

[Alkimi]

I'm pretty sure they're going to have move like that. If you look at the official trailer at 1:34 mark, you see the player character throwing a chain which wraps around an enemy player's arm, then pulls him in and forces the guy to fight him. There's your forced player lock move there.

Sort of. It's the new version of Holmgang, it drags a target to you and binds both you and the target for a time. It's not forcing your target to fight you though.

[Krystalynn]

Wow, fresh meat? That is absolutely horrible, all the fun I had PVPing in vanilla WOW was due to the community aspect. I knew my enemies names, my allies names, I knew everyone, I knew who was good, I knew who was bad, I knew who acted like they were amazing and got stomped and we all took screenshots and posted on forums and talked trash and had a good time. We had a giant community of trash talking and competitiveness, It was so fun, not seeing anyone's name is complete garbage, I bet it's cross server too, right?

Pretty lame, the genre born on social interaction just gets more and more anti-social as time goes on.

I agree with this from the core of my being, but it can't be helped. -.-

[Gravehill]

Yep, it pretty much defeats any hope of trying to actually build a PvP community. These kinds of weird restrictions just seem so out of place for a game like this....nobody wants to play an MMO that feels like a police-state. I love this game but please do not go down the same road as GW2

[Noroi_Kisaragi]

Yep, it pretty much defeats any hope of trying to actually build a PvP community. These kinds of weird restrictions just seem so out of place for a game like this....nobody wants to play an MMO that feels like a police-state. I love this game but please do not go down the same road as GW2

GW2 was awful. It has pvp that automatically makes you level 50. It's so bad.

But...if I remember correctly, GW2 doesn't have fresh meat.